There is a resturaunt i routinely pass called Harry’s Soul Station, it used to be a pub called the “Perseverance” I submitted a name change edit for it, and a photo of it. the photo was accepted the name change has just been rejected! there is litterally a photo of it! and here it is on google street view harry's soul station - Google Search
There are a few plagues that are not at the locations (different brick works so likely removed during renovations) and they are rejected.
At this point I wonder if there is any reason to actually submit these reports. Portals that have the source gone, can not be scanned (obviously) and tke space from areas where actual portals could be submitted. The thing that annoys me is there is evidence to back up the edits… however you can not submit the evidence in the form and its clear whoever makes the decisions does not look for evidence. in the case of harrys soul station (The perserverance) its litteraly in the photos!
Rant over, but yeah, i shall not be bothering to submit any more edits… wants the point?
If the object for a wayspot no longer exists, you should not submit edits. Instead, report them as invalid/removed. There is also text input field in the report form to provide additional evidence (e.g. a link).
In the case of the Eye statue and the missing plaques that is how i reported them. (I did not think about including links in the supporting statement though… that was dumb of me to not think off.)
In the case of the perserverence/harry’s soul station, its still a valid portal… just a different name so reporting it as invalid didnt seem right to me. Oddly I have just had another notification that my edit has been approved on that so maybe the first rejection notification was an error.
We have been told that is a business changes, such as a pub becoming a different type of eatery, that the Wayspot for the old business should be removed, and once removed, a new Wayspot nomination can be submitted. We are not supposed to repurpose Wayspots for businesses that have changed, but rather take the above route.
I recently did this with a Cajun restaurant that closed, and a new Mexican restaurant has taken its place. I requested the removal of the Cajun restaurant, and that was approved with a photo showing the new signage on the building, via a link of a photo I uploaded to a 3rd party image service. Someone else got to submitting the Mexican restaurant before I did, but I did submit title/description/photo edits, as all were inaccurate or low in quality.
Now, some things don’t need to be removed if they are similar. This happened to me as well, when I requested removal of a tennis court that had been turned into a pickleball court. Instead of removing the Wayspot, staff renamed it to reflect it’s now a pickleball court. While these are different sports, they are similar, so an edit to reflect the change from tennis to pickleball was not seen as repurposing if I had just submitted an edit instead of a removal request.
Lastly, more info about adding links to removal requests can be found here (they do not need to be links to Scaniverse splats, as I don’t use Scaniverse, just photos):
